president, and perhaps future president, pervez musharraf of the country of pakistan. [applause] >> congresswoman harman, ladies and gentleman, it is indeed my crown privilege to have been given this opportunity to talk to you and i am extremely grateful to the woodrow wilson center for courting me this opportunity. i intend to talk to you for about 30 minutes and that will set the stage, for i hope, a lively discussion. i will speak, basically, and pakistan on the region, and i call this "pakistan -- a reality check." i will highlight issues for pakistan and the region and set the stage for a lively q&a session. pakistan today finds itself in the eye of the storm of terrorism, an environment of a contradiction, mutual suspicion prevails, which is detrimental in this recent global war on terror. the situation demands a clearer understanding of reality is in south asia reaching the acute trust deficit and also, may i say, developing a unity of an action among all the players fighting the war on terror and in south asia. may i also venture to say playing games, and sensi